Heroin

diacetylmorphine

Documents:

• Opioid FAQ
  by Mike Hamilton, 10 Jan 1994
• How to Shoot Heroin
• MDMA and Heroin, and Other Myths
  Edited version of an article by Nicholas Saunders, from Eternity Magazine, December 1994
• Street Heroin Purification
  by Steve J. Quest
• New York Through the Eye of a Needle
  By Peter McDermott. From "The Face", Oct 1992
• Acupuncture in narcotic withdrawal: a preliminary report on biochemical changes in the blood and urine of heroin addicts
  An interesting paper on the use of acupuncture in heroin withdrawal patients

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Contacts and URLs:

• Erowid (homepage, more info)
  "Documenting the Complex Relationship between Humans and Psychoactives"
  • Heroin Vault (related items...)
• Hedonistic Imperative (homepage, more info)
  Entry point for an eclectic group of sites with information and opinions on many things, including drugs.
  • 1903 advertisement for heroin as a children's cough remedy. (related items...)
  • Cannabinoid and heroin activation of mesolimbic dopamine transmission by a common mu1 opioid receptor mechanism
    Abstract from Science 1997 Jun 27; 276(5321):2048-50. (related items...)
  • Cover image for "H is for Heroin" (related items...)
  • Opinion on Heroin (related items...)
• Heroin Information Home Page (homepage, more info)
  "We hope this compilation of scientific information on heroin will help to inform readers about the harmful effects of heroin abuse and addiction and will assist in prevention and treatment efforts."
• MAPS (homepage, more info)
  Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
  • Ketamine Research in Russia
    Ketamine Psychedelic Therapy in the treatment of alcoholism and heroin addiction (related items...)
• The Molecular Expressions Photo Gallery (homepage, more info)
  A collection of color photomicrographs
  • Heroin photomicrograph (related items...)
• Victorian Substance Abuse (homepage, more info)
  Information about drugs commonly used in Victorian England
  • Victorians and Heroin (related items...)
• Miscellaneous URLs
  • Images from the preprohibition era
    Before Prohibition: Images from the preprohibition era when many psychotropic substances were legally available in America and Europe (related items...)

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Images:

• Heroin powder and pills with balloons
• Heroin in brown powder form
• Heroin powders
• Heroin powder, white
• Heroin powder, off-white
• Heroin 2D Structure
• Large bag of brown heroin

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Trip Reports:

• A dope halloween: An experience with some highly addictive substances
  Substances: Morphine, Heroin, Marijuana
• The Real Deal: A tale about heroin, MDA and pot
  Substances: MDA, Heroin, Marijuana

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